Assertion (A): | Spraying juvenile conifers with GAs leads to early seed production. |
Reason (R): | Spraying juvenile conifers with GAs hastens the maturity period. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
I: | All Gibberellins are acidic. |
II: | Gibberellins, cause a fruit like apple to elongate and improve its shape. |
III: | Gibberellins delay senescence. |
IV: | GA3 is used to speed up the malting process in brewing industry. |
I: | Indole compounds : IAA |
II: | Adenine derivatives : kinetin |
III: | Derivatives of carotenoids : GA3 |
Statement I: | In cotton, coriander and larkspur, the leaves of the juvenile plant are different in shape from those in mature plants. |
Statement II: | In buttercup, shapes of leaves produced in air and those produced in water are different. |
1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
2. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
I: | They are rich in protoplasm, possess large conspicuous nuclei. |
II: | Their cell walls are primary in nature, thin and cellulosic with abundant plasmodesmatal connections. |
I: | Water provides the medium for enzymatic activities needed for growth. |
II: | Oxygen helps in releasing metabolic energy essential for growth activities. |
III: | Nutrients (macro and micro essential elements) are required by plants for the synthesis of protoplasm and act as source of energy. |
1. | Cytokinins were discovered as kinetin (a modified form of adenine, a purine) from the autoclaved herring sperm DNA. |
2. | Kinetin occurs naturally in plants. |
3. | Natural cytokinins are synthesised in regions where rapid cell division occurs. |
4. | Cytokinins help overcome the apical dominance. |